New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-03
LITERARY NOTES.

navard Ta,Ior's Tau.t~ Is to he brought out In an
admirable dollar volume ty iIorghton, Nil'in co.
~Tbe wcman's Wofld7 dor, not reveal In rs frs
number any remarkable editorial ability ON III" pat 81
Mr.. oscar Wide 1t Is DUH dccorou' and cd"m'n''e
RAJ her than feminine. AID II shows lao are oi "si
nalty in subject or treatment
large volume Illustrative Of " Recent French E.ch-
incs~ is the chief holiday Offering Of Estes " Lrurat
# contains sixteen photo ctclins, after Mc,solcr and
other modern Frcnchmcn.
A CORES pondeni Of Note, aud Qncries7 writes con
corning nom de plumc": IN spite Of my cndcavofs'
have failed hitherto either to meet with the cNprcs
sion I'm a French paper or French look 'aiH yer
scarcely a day Ia>-c, without my i'a+lh- Al 'i'' "
French ucWspaIcr or 10 come a.Io-s Ilcurhman Who
va, even acquainted with the expressions And yet,
where {, the cdncatcd Elrl,nmnn Who ha, mot heard
or sconrl Ny inference {, that. though possibly the
Xurcsson may nov sometime, b. seen ana heard In
France # has bccn and sim b., very much moro com
mon in England and thcgci' rc probably arose IN tbs
country. may OF ccuI>c, have lccr Invented bt a
Ticach resident IN M gland but TAI to sec that. gwen
tho well known nom d. gIcir' anil eir'." de
plume Nlttrc {. y Plume =, II required any great
knowledge Of French 10 invent nom d. plume
combination Of the two. II WIs Wit, not knowledge =
french. which required for the iLNcni"n OF The
cN preston. strong evidence Of The oIiE OF The
phrase In England is afforded hy case, mos, excellent
fngl>l-i1euch and French English Dictionary d-'Ji.
I'm the English French part w. find hrm dr plume
given As an English cNIe,,ion and rendered hy nom
&c gucrre, psrudony whilst ia the French English
pat U.s. Nom y We find nom dc guciIc rendered
assumed name. alas. nickname, nom dc guclrr lof
authors in London paper faucild FRENCH, nom de
plume that fourteen year, ago thi, V"fy 3'cua'c
French lcAlcos apncr evidently considered nom dc
plume 10 be OF English origin 80 far a. my own
observation AMI reading 20, Isrudonymc IS the word
most commonly used IN French both In ~ papers and
bCols. thus in NaIcrcaus Dct. de, out Goulth
edition, le7O IN ia, aiucc, which relate 10 Amcdrc
dc Noe (s v ham =, oliIn Il, Plan IS " Collin
Louis Jlbdch. PAIL LacrDiE, LOuls Enault, Madame
Dudcvaut IS Y. Sand - and {. Dickcns-l Of them
authors WHO made use OF assumed name pseudo
NJ me the only word used but In the Of Octave
ieuuIct he has used the word nom e Is mona
dc Desire Hazard , instead of 'pcudOnyHc and IN
that Of Judge Halliburton IT is nom lttcrarc.'
loIe slnto7 Is the nanc Of the japanese girl
heroine Of the serial story which Mr. T. II House has
contributed to "Thc Atlantic Monttly7 The story
Will bear her name.
Mr.. Whittier. Mr.. Holmes and Mr. Aldrch all
expected TO publish poems IN The Atlantic" next year.
We rejoice to that Mr. Alrch IS breaking his
nc .essaily modest rule Of excluding his verse
from the pages o: his own delightful magazine.
A Biographical Dictionary Of the Stagc,' including
the of all FL es speaking actors and actresses,
IS in course Of preparation I'm England The first vol
is to be dedicated to Henry Irving